Weasel Forges Ahead

I got a minute to go assess the aftermath of hermie apocalypse. I think I will just toss half the grow and still have enough plants to keep one side going. There are a couple buds mature enough I can make some hash with them or something.

Unfortunately the biggest plants in veg were clones of the problem strains so I tossed those out too.
Now all my remaining veg plants are quite small. Maybe I will flower some of them like that, but I don’t feel like I’m in a hurry. I should take a few days and do a little bit of painting and cleanup in there anyway.
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Well.... I just hope the good pollen works and the bad pollen stays away. I chopped my way down to a one light show tonight.

I picture my grow
as a frozen lake of ice.
And me.
In the middle.
A one legged cat.
Trying to bury a turd.




round and round we go, friends....

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Seeded P Chunk.
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I‘ll dry it and sift it then I can make hash or salve from the kief.
 
There are fat seeds visible all over. Less obvious in these last pics but you can see some if you look.
Most of the bud in the room looked like the pics I put up on Friday. Only most of it was in early flowering so more seed than bud.
 
I still have my T banana going About 17 weeks now & seeds are still hard to see
(just the seeded lower bud left
Thought some were swollen & had seeds but pulled apart just had green hairs in it
Now I'm waiting till seed is showing, I see a few
lookin rough but still trying to grow

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Had an idea :idea: today that worked out perfect.:woohoo:
It time to mix dirt again, for all the bedding plants.
Usually I'll hand sift my compost, but is getting harder & harder as years go by
I'll even sift my peat moss to get the lumps & sticks out. also to break it up so I get even distribution
Bought the cement mixer last year, for mixing all the ingredients (works great )
Was thinking about how to make a screen to fit on the end, for sifting
Even bought some 1/2" screen
Today was in the garage, turned around & it was staring me right in the face :idea:
My big pedestal Fan, took a quick measurement & few minutes later easy peasy

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Never even damaged it, put it back on the fan after screening two heaping wheel borrows of compost
 
The Celt said:
Ask him sometime WHY he feels plants need mineral soil? I’m curious to hear his answer :) being a botanist, I would think he would have some horticulture education as well lol I know they are 2 different fields, but still, if you study plants, knowing about how they grow should be part of it

edit, BTW it’s likely over/under watering that kills the plants he sends lol mineral soils tend to need watered far far less than peat based mediums. I have succulents on the main floor for Krista and it’s taken me years to convince her to STOP watering them so often and killing them.

We just recently we’re gifted some Dragon Fruit Cactus, 3 little ones in a single pot. It’s going to be interesting growing them. They grow big, require a 20 gal pot if you want them to fruit, and lots of light. Now I am going to need another grow light for upstairs to grow these :rofl:
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adding minerals to soil raises the CEC quite a bit. Its like a reservoir of nutrients slow release. The more plant exudate the more micrbes and fungi, the more nutrients for the plant.
My soil mix that is peat based has more rock dust and minerals added than it has amendments added.

@Weaselcracker sorry to hear about your seeded weed. It happens. Sucks sometimes.

Thats what pre-rolls are for! They sell for 20bucks at the dispensary. Turning dirt into gold.. crazy times are here again.
 
Thanks Bob. It was a minor pisser but really no problem. Kind of how I roll anyway lol. Its a much-needed chance to paint the grow, one half at a time :D. I’m just about to go shuffle all the stuff on the unpainted half over to the newly painted half now.....

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Brewsterman said:
My big pedestal Fan
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That’s where my cover went! If I have to get chopped by those f’n blades again...

Pretty stylish new cement mixer. How much soil can you mix in there at a time?
 
Weaselcracker said:
That’s where my cover went! If I have to get chopped by those f’n blades again...

Pretty stylish new cement mixer. How much soil can you mix in there at a time?
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:rofl: It's the small model can mix 3.5 cu. ft. ( 2 bags ready mix cement ) bought it from princess auto on sale 2 bills
every year it goes on sale in early spring
Got some cement work to do also, so figured it was worth the investment
I can also use it to sift & condition my foundry sand.
Gonna stick my root balls in there next, so I don't have to be pounding on them, in a bag
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Peat, kelp, bunny

Peat, kelp, bunny


A couple pictures to show how the kelp breaks down. That photo is from March 1. After about 10 days or so the kelp shrunk enough that I pooled it into two pots.
I chopped one potful up and used it in the LOS mix and this is how the other one looks after sitting the rest of the month unmolested.
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I poked it with a rusty machete today- it smells like putrefying meat only worse.
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The weather has been quite cold with snow on the ground most of the month -just melted a couple days ago Normally the stuff would render down within a few days to a week.
 
Weaselcracker said:
Peat, kelp, bunny

Peat, kelp, bunny


A couple pictures to show how the kelp breaks down. That photo is from March 1. After about 10 days or so the kelp shrunk enough that I pooled it into two pots.
I chopped one potful up and used it in the LOS mix and this is how the other one looks after sitting the rest of the month unmolested.
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I poked it with a rusty machete today- it smells like putrefying meat only worse.
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The weather has been quite cold with snow on the ground most of the month -just melted a couple days ago Normally the stuff would render down within a few days to a week.
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That kelp looks like an anaerobic mess
Here is a site on composting StackPath.
How do you plan on mixing it all together ? That peat looks awful wet & heavy
I usually do most of my composting in brown piles & have lots of worms making poo

What Is Leaf Mold: What Makes Leaf Mold Compost So Special

What is leaf mold? Leaf mold compost is a simple process that allows you to break down your fallen leaves for future use in gardens and flower beds. Click the following article for more information on using leaf mold for soil.
www.gardeningknowhow.com
 
Thanks for the link Brewster. The peat came out of the ground wet and heavy but drained pretty well sitting in that pile. By the time I mixed it up in the LOS mix with bunch of very dry alfalfa meal it all ended up just ‘moist’. The LOS mix is in a plywood box in my greenhouse composting.

The leftover kelp in the pot is - just there. I’ll probably just toss it in my vegetable garden at some point or whatever.
 
Yeah he loves any sort of pile of stuff he can dig around in. In the summertime when the plants get bigger I leave him in the greenhouse most days. He mainly eats the stuff I don’t want like the chickweed and plantain.

At this time of year with the seedlings just coming up I don’t trust him in there though. But once the plants get a bit bigger I think he’s gonna love the cooking LOS mix because it’s going to be nice and warm for him to lounge on and dig around in. He can dig it up and crap in it all he wants ha ha. The female bunnies especially like to dig and tunnel.

Yeah if the LOS mix works it’s going to be really great. I see no reason why Celt’s recipe should not work but I will believe it when I see it.

Next batch I am going to try to skip the alfalfa meal and just use kelp. I’d like to do up another big batch in the summer when temps are warmer and I can just let it cook somewhere in the yard hopefully. I thought it was spring, but got another big dump of snow all of a sudden last night and blizzardIng again now. Wtf....
 
Weaselcracker said:
I thought it was spring, but got another big dump of snow all of a sudden last night and blizzardIng again now. Wtf....
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Same thing over and down here. Just a dash of snow, but just 3 days ago it was pushing 70, now it's cold enough for snow to exist.
 
Weaselcracker said:
I thought it was spring, but got another big dump of snow all of a sudden last night and blizzardIng again now. Wtf....
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Skybound said:
Same thing over and down here. Just a dash of snow, but just 3 days ago it was pushing 70, now it's cold enough for snow to exist.
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Maybe that's what just pushed through here on Tuesday. It was southern Saskatchewan's 3rd winter after spring and summer weather. Now we are back to late spring, I'm betting on a 4th winter yet. :rofl:
 
It ran through here a couple days ago. Dropped 50F in 12 hours. :oops:
 
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